by Raine Gordon | Jul 29, 2026 | Blog, Nuclear Weapons
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is moving forward with an initiative known as “Project Velocity”, an ambitious effort to rewrite decades of internal rules governing the safety, construction, and oversight processes across the nuclear weapons complex. According to...
by Anoushka Raj | Jul 13, 2026 | Nuclear Weapons, TVC in the News
Letter to the Editor, Tracy Press Patricia Howell Editor, I bet you have been checking your budget! Don’t worry! The federal government is on the job! You can cross Bombers, Subs and ICBM’s off your budget list. They’ve increased the Pentagon Budget by 25%...
by Scott Yundt | Jul 8, 2026 | Nuclear Weapons, Press Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 6, 2026: Plaintiffs Demand Release of Critical Documents and Extension of Public Comment Period on Expanded Plutonium Bomb Core Production Contacts: Jay Coghlan, Nuclear Watch New Mexico, 505-989-7342, jay@nukewatch.org Scott Yundt,...
by Anoushka Raj | Jun 29, 2026 | Nuclear Weapons, TVC in the News
Letter to the Editor, Tracy Press Gail Rieger Editor, I’ve lived In Tracy for 30 years. I’ve watched our town grow from a handful to more than 100,000 residents. Yet, when I logged onto energy.gov to research the government’s plan to restart industrial-scale plutonium...
by Scott Yundt | Jun 17, 2026 | Blog, Environmental Justice, Nuclear Weapons
The National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) nationwide plutonium pit production plan, in which Livermore Lab will be doing plutonium pit support work, is open for public comment. All comments will be on the record and are required to be responded to in...
by Raine Gordon | Jun 17, 2026 | Blog, Nuclear Weapons
On June 7, 2026, the United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) wrapped up its 94th annual meeting in Long Beach, California. The USCM is a non-partisan organization of cities with populations of over 30,000 people. Each of the more than 1,500 participating cities is...
